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Thirty TMDLs undertaken in the Mississippi River - Twin Cities Watershed to address excess nutrients, turbidity, bacteria, and more.
New easy-to-access trainings help small businesses figure out if they are subject to MPCA regulations, and how to become more sustainable.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) today announced a new $35 million grants program to prepare Minnesota’s aging stormwater infrastructure for climate change. Examples of projects that are eligible for funding through this program include stormwater retention ponds, improvements to streets to support rainwater drainage, increasing the capacity of stormwater pipes, planting rain gardens, and others.
Biosolids that will be applied to land must meet strict regulations and quality standards.
A series of violations (industrial stormwater and wastewater, and air quality) between 2017 and 2022 result in a $250,000 penalty for Denco II LLC at its ethanol facility in Morris, Minn.
Phosphorus management plans help wastewater treatment facility operators and managers evaluate pollution prevention and and management options that can reduce the amount of phosphorus discharged to Minnesota waters.
Launched in 2022, the PFAS monitoring plan lays out a path for PFAS monitoring at solid waste, wastewater, and stormwater facilities; hazardous waste landfills; facilities with air emissions; and…
The MPCA today released its final supplemental environmental impact statement analysis for the proposed expansion of the Burnsville Sanitary Landfill, determining the expansion would not affect groundwater quality.
This training program focuses on the implementation of best management practices for lawn/turf care maintenance.
Every Minnesotan — regardless of income, race, ethnicity, color, or national origin — has the right to healthy air, sustainable lands, clean water, and a better climate.
New MPCA report monitors PFAS sources and movement, provides direction for preventing and managing PFAS pollution.
Minnesota has enacted laws to end avoidable uses of PFAS in Minnesota by 2032.
MPCA completed 100 enforcement cases for water quality, air quality, waste, stormwater, and wastewater violations in the first half of 2024
Climate adaptation is about developing strategies to help human and natural systems become more resilient to the effects of climate change.
When food spoils or is thrown away before we eat it, the resources that went into creating the food are wasted.
MPCA Commissioner Katrina Kessler, city officials, and state lawmakers today highlighted the Walz-Flanagan Administration's $21.1 million request for new investments in stormwater infrastructure.
The MPCA today released for public review the draft permit and environmental assessment worksheet EAW, including estimated greenhouse gas GHG emissions for a proposed dairy in Chippewa County.
MPCA permits are required to both build and operate landfills in Minnesota.
Communities that are resilient to climate change are able to effectively to prepare for and recover from its effects, and continue to thrive.